Association between frequency of consumption of fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants, wheezing and atopy
| Wheezing ever (n = 116) | Wheezing ever with atopy (n = 37) | Atopy never wheezing (n = 115) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption per day | p for trend | Consumption per day | p for trend | Consumption per day | p for trend | ||||
| <1/day | ⩾1/day | <1/day | ⩾1/day | <1/day | ⩾1/day | ||||
| ORs with 95% CI derived from logistic regression models after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, parental asthma and number of older siblings. | |||||||||
| The reference group for each food item includes those subjects not consuming the specific item. | |||||||||
| Oranges | 0.28 (0.10 to 0.76) | 0.30 (0.11 to 0.90) | 0.804 | 0.40 (0.08 to 2.02) | 0.33 (0.06 to 1.73) | 0.420 | 0.77 (0.39 to 1.43) | 0.79 (0.32 to 1.87) | 0.473 |
| Kiwi fruits | 0.62 (0.39 to 0.96) | 0.54 (0.24 to 1.19) | 0.039 | 0.60 (0.27 to 1.32) | 0.54 (0.15 to 1.97) | 0.357 | 0.97 (0.48 to 1.95) | 0.79 (0.50 to 1.24) | 0.581 |
| Grapes | 0.26 (0.12 to 0.55) | 0.19 (0.09 to 0.42) | 0.001 | 0.93 (0.28 to 2.21) | 0.88 (0.18 to 4.37) | 0.876 | 0.94 (0.38 to 2.31) | 0.84 (0.34 to 2.07) | 0.852 |
| Apples | 0.14 (0.04 to 0.47) | 0.14 (0.04 to 0.48) | 0.225 | – | – | – | 1.48 (0.18 to 12.10) | 0.85 (0.10 to 7.11) | 0.715 |
| Fresh tomatoes | 0.40 (0.19 to 0.83) | 0.32 (0.15 to 0.67) | 0.010 | 0.55 (0.18 to 1.68) | 0.42 (0.14 to 1.37) | 0.339 | 1.01 (0.43 to 2.35) | 0.93 (0.40 to 2.15) | 0.925 |
| Green peppers | 0.86 (0.54 to 1.36) | 0.54 (0.22 to 1.31) | 0.368 | 0.85 (0.24 to 3.24) | 0.76 (0.35 to 1.64) | 0.784 | 0.91 (0.44 to 1.90) | 0.73 (0.46 to 1.14) | 0.379 |
| Carrots | 0.90 (0.52 to 1.57) | 0.75 (0.27 to 2.65) | 0.823 | 1.28 (0.47 to 3.49) | 0.76 (0.08 to 7.41) | 0.810 | 0.96 (0.37 to 2.47) | 0.73 (0.08 to 6.68) | 0.962 |
| Broccoli | 0.93 (0.56 to 1.54) | – | 0.862 | 0.77 (0.32 to 1.85) | – | 0.746 | 0.84 (0.32 to 2.20) | – | 0.935 |